Chapter 10: Writing for Traditional Print News Products

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Print style writing, which is used in traditional publications and on many journalism-based websites, relies heavily on ______.

A. the inverted-pyramid structure

B. chronological order

C. reverse chronological order

D. narrative

Learning Objective: 10-1: Explain the differences between the structure of traditional print stories and the standard inverted pyramid.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nuances for Print Writing

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Print style writing requires you to write in ______ paragraphs than you are used to.

A. longer

B. shorter

C. medium

D. more flowy

Learning Objective: 10-1: Explain the differences between the structure of traditional print stories and the standard inverted pyramid.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Paragraphs

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Where do you use paraphrase-quote pairings in an article?

A. in the beginning

B. at the end

C. in the middle

D. seldom

Learning Objective: 10-5: Apply the paraphrase–quote structure as you write a standard print story.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Paraphrase-Quote Pairings

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. One reason reporters conduct interviews is ______.

A. to define their sources

B. to create mood

C. to define their facts

D. to gather quotes from their sources

Learning Objective: 10-2: Understand why sources form the core of this approach to writing.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Quotes

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. ______ quotes are taken from the source’s mouth, word for word, and placed into your writing.

A. Direct quotes

B. Indirect quotes

C. Partial quotes

D. Psychographics

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Direct Quotes

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. ______ quotes can also add color or flavor to your story.

A. Indirect quotes

B. Direct quotes

C. Personality traits

D. Partial quotes

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Direct Quotes

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. In most cases, ______ are their own paragraphs, regardless of their length.

A. indirect quotes

B. partial quotes

C. direct quotes

D. quotes

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Direct Quotes

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. When the information is vital but the statements your source makes don’t merit a word-for-word recounting, consider using ______.

A. location

B. direct quotes

C. partial quotes

D. indirect quotes

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Indirect Quotes

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. ______ are often referred to as paraphrases.

A. Indirect quotes

B. Direct quotes

C. Partial quotes

D. Quotes

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Indirect Quotes

Difficulty Level: Hard

10. It is a good idea to use ______ when people are using ordinary speech.

A. direct quotes

B. paraphrases

C. partial quotes

D. pull quotes

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Indirect Quotes

Difficulty Level: Hard

11. A(n) ______ allows you to crunch the interview down into a sentence or two and then attribute the information to your source.

A. partial quote

B. direct quote

C. indirect quote

D. pull quote

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Indirect Quotes

Difficulty Level: Hard

12. ______ quotes mix direct and indirect styles of quoting so you can place emphasis on a key element of a statement a source made.

A. Direct

B. Indirect

C. Paraphrase

D. Partial

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Partial Quotes

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. ______ work well when someone uses a word or phrase that conveys a precise emotion or when a source says something provocative in a word or two.

A. Partial quotes

B. Direct quotes

C. Indirect quotes

D. Paraphrases

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Partial Quotes

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. In some cases, ______ can make you look bad as a journalist or make your source look bad.

A. direct quotes

B. partial quotes

C. indirect quotes

D. paraphrases

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Partial Quotes

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. ______ should pair with all direct and indirect quotes to answer the “Says who?” question.

A. Paraphrases

B. Quotes

C. Attributions

D. Quotas

Learning Objective: 10-4: Apply attributions to direct and indirect quotes as needed.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Attributions

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. The preferred verb of attribution in all direct and indirect quotes is ______, as it is nonjudgmental and easy to prove.

A. “felt”

B. “thought”

C. “believed”

D. “said”

Learning Objective: 10-4: Apply attributions to direct and indirect quotes as needed.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Attributions

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. When someone important is speaking and you want to emphasize the “fame” news element, you can place an attribution ______ a quote.

A. at the front of

B. in the middle of

C. after

D. near

Learning Objective: 10-4: Apply attributions to direct and indirect quotes as needed.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Attributions

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. In a case where you have a quote with multiple sentences, place the attribution ______ the first full sentence of the quote.

A. before

B. after

C. alongside

D. during

Learning Objective: 10-4: Apply attributions to direct and indirect quotes as needed.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Attributions

Difficulty Level: Hard

19. With the expanded inverted pyramid, instead of thinking of just the first paragraph of the story, you should consider the ______ of the story as the beginning.

A. second third

B. first half

C. first third

D. last third

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Beginning

Difficulty Level: Hard

20. At the ______ stage, you will outline enough information to help engage the reader with information, entice the reader with some interesting flavor, and then explain any background the reader might need to fully understand the story.

A. focus

B. end

C. middle

D. beginning

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Beginning

Difficulty Level: Hard

21. The ______ of the expanded inverted-pyramid story should continue to be a single sentence, 25–35 words, that captures as many of the 5W’s and 1H as possible.

A. lead

B. intro

C. exposition

D. nut graph

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Beginning

Difficulty Level: Hard

22. The ______ paragraph is where you decide how best to move your readers from the lead into the rest of the story.

A. first

B. second

C. third

D. last

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Beginning

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. The second paragraph of an expanded pyramid story is also called the ______.

A. trail

B. jump

C. bridge

D. cliff

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Beginning

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. The ______ can identify any of the W’s or the H that don’t show up in the lead but that need immediate attention.

A. jump

B. oddity

C. conflict

D. bridge

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Beginning

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. With ______, you can sum up any information that gives readers a glimpse into what has happened to this point and then move them forward into the current story.

A. background

B. fame

C. focus

D. oddity

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Beginning

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Print-style writing, which is used in traditional publications and on many journalism-based websites, relies heavily on the inverted-pyramid structure.

Learning Objective: 10-1: Explain the differences between the structure of traditional print stories and the standard inverted pyramid.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nuances for Print Writing

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The print-style writing approach uses paragraphs of five to six sentences each.

Learning Objective: 10-1: Explain the differences between the structure of traditional print stories and the standard inverted pyramid.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Paragraphs

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. In writing for news publications, you should strive to demonstrate objectivity.

Learning Objective: 10-2: Understand why sources form the core of this approach to writing.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Reliance on Sources

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Indirect quotes are taken from the source’s mouth, word-for-word, and placed into your writing.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Direct Quotes

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. When the information is vital but the statements your source makes don’t merit a word-for-word recounting, consider using indirect quotes.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Indirect Quotes

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Direct quotes are also referred to as paraphrases.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Indirect Quotes

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Paraphrase mixes direct and indirect styles of quoting so you can place emphasis on a key element of a statement a source made.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Partial Quotes

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Attributions should pair with all direct and indirect quotes to provide the answer to the “Says who?” question.

Learning Objective: 10-4: Apply attributions to direct and indirect quotes as needed.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Attributions

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. The preferred verb of attribution is “believed.”

Learning Objective: 10-4: Apply attributions to direct and indirect quotes as needed.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Attributions

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. You should consider the first third of the story as the beginning instead of just the first paragraph.

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Beginning

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. The lead of the expanded inverted-pyramid story should be a single sentence, 25–35 words, that captures as much of the 5W’s and 1H as possible.

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Beginning

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. The last paragraph is where you decide how best to move your readers from the lead into the rest of the story.

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Beginning

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. In the lead, you can sum up any information that gives readers a glimpse into what has happened to this point and then move them forward into the current story.

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Beginning

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. In most cases, you should create a structure that pairs indirect and direct quotes to tell your story.

Learning Objective: 10-5: Apply the paraphrase–quote structure as you write a standard print story.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Middle

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. It’s not important for the end of your story to provide closure.

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The End

Difficulty Level: Medium

Short Answer

1. What are some of the nuances of print style writing?

Learning Objective: 10-1: Explain the differences between the structure of traditional print stories and the standard inverted pyramid.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nuances for Print Writing

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. What are the three forms of quotes?

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Quotes

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. What is attribution?

Learning Objective: 10-4: Apply attributions to direct and indirect quotes as needed.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Attributions

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What elements are included in the expanded pyramid style of writing?

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Expanding the Inverted Pyramid

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. How can you end a story?

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The End

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. List and describe some of the main characteristics of print-style writing.

Learning Objective: 10-1: Explain the differences between the structure of traditional print stories and the standard inverted pyramid.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nuances for Print Writing

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Describe and explain the different types of quotes and when to use them.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Define direct quotes, indirect quotes and partial quotes and explain when to use each type of quote.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Quotes

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. When and how do you use attributions?

Learning Objective: 10-4: Apply attributions to direct and indirect quotes as needed.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Attributions

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. How do print journalists use the inverted pyramid?

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Expanding the Inverted Pyramid

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. How can you end a print story?

Learning Objective: 10-6: Construct the beginning, the middle and the end of a story based on the structural outline listed in the chapter.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The End

Difficulty Level: Medium